Tendens

“A continent splits in twoA new ocean is bornA spontaneous natural laboratory brings Mars to EarthA stack of astro-biologists sinking deeper into the extraterrestrial scenery of life

Mining sediment and sentiment,a splitting continent offshores its own futurePrediction and deep time as allegoric props of the presentBlinding heat.

When a landscape gets dubbed as the hottest and cruelest place on Earthour lazy air-conditioned desire for new frontiers is instantly fulfilledextreme heat,extreme soil, extreme life, distilled into .jpgs of manageable risks.

A cube satellite frames a splash of geothermal energy ahead of time. Timestamp. But the rains failed anyway.”